Florence McCutchan Groves Moore

Florence McCutchan Groves Moore, 96, departed this life for greater glory on August 6, 2007 from the Episcopal Church Home in Louisville, Ky. She was born on Nov. 19, 1910 in Knoxville, TN to the late Arthur and Mary Margaret McCutchan Groves. Her passing is deeply grieved by her children and grandchildren, for whom she was a wonderful parent and friend.

In Knoxville, Florence was a member of the First Presbyterian Church from her childhood and then a member of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral. In Louisville, she was a member of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church where she was a frequent volunteer. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1932, a member of Chi Omega Sorority and was an active member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club in her youth, which interest she maintained throughout her life, taking her children to the mountains frequently for swimming, hiking, and cookouts. She was renowned for walking throughout Sequoyah Hills in Knoxville during her retirement. She taught school for many years, interrupted only by family duties, finishing with more than twenty years teaching the first grade at Bell House School.
She was a voracious reader with wide-ranging interests. Throughout her life, to friends and strangers alike, she gave constantly of herself the gifts of good cheer, friendship, and service. In 1989, Mrs. Moore moved to the Episcopal Church Home where she has received excellent and loving care for the last 18 years with her loving daughter, Mary Jennings, a constant companion. Special thanks are extended to the staff at the Episcopal Church Home for their assistance and kindness. She is survived by: three children, Arthur Groves Moore and wife, Terry, of Raleigh, NC; Thomas Fremont Moore and wife, Dana, of Northborough, Mass; and Mary McCutchan Moore Jennings and husband, the Reverend Robert Jennings of Louisville. She is further survived by: twelve grandchildren, Allison Moore, Arthur Groves Moore, Jr., and wife Jennifer, Andrew Cannon Moore and wife Chantal, Adam Joseph Moore, Amy Elizabeth Moore, Alexander Thomas Moore, Sara Elizabeth Moore, David Nathan Moore and wife Kimberly, Ben Tallmadge Jennings, Captain Robert McCutchan Jennings and fiancée Caroline, John Crawford Jennings and wife Lindsay, and David Moore Jennings as well as two great grandchildren, Ethan Vincent Moore and Milo Preston Moore. Her memorial service was held at the Episcopal Church Home, St Luke's Chapel on Aug. 9 and burial was in the Memorial Garden at ST. Francis in the Fields.

Florence was a descendant of Samuel and Frances (Noble) McCutchan through son, Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Downey) McCutchan.